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76TERRACOTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL-I
During December,2007.my wife and I hit the roads for a trip to the districts Hooghly and Bankura (of West Bengal) which are dotted with big and small terracotta temples , built between 17th and 19th...
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79TERRACOTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL - IV
The terracotta temples of Bengal tell us many stories. Stories of the rulers and patrons who built these temples , of the development of architecture and sadly, stories of neglect these priceless...
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81ART OF GROTESQUE AND TERRA COTTA PANELS OF TEMPLES OF BENGAL
Till I did a bit of Internet search for writing on the ‘Art of Grotesque’ in terra cotta temples of Bengal, I did not know about genesis of the word ‘Grotesque’. In art, this is a style that...
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66TIMELINE & SIX BEAUTIES AMONG THE TERRA COTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL
Please see the enlarged view of the 'Timeline' to go through the notes. I have prepared a timeline for the best looking terracotta temples of Bengal. Five are in West Bengal and one is in Bangla Desh....
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73Adjectival Tourisms
Adjectival Tourisms are all those forms of tourism that have an adjective in front of them. I can currently think of two broad forms of adjective tourisms. The first is niche tourism markets -- those that...
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69GLIMPSES OF A TOWN WITH MILITARY HISTORY : MUNGER
Munger is a district town in Bihar in eastern India. I first visited Munger in April,08 on invitation of ITC to be one of their representatives in Institute Management Committee of ITI, Munger. The 2nd...
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73GRIFFINS TRAVEL TO TERRA COTTA TEMPLES OF BENGAL
When we took photographs of the terracotta panels of Shyam-Rai and Jor-Bangla temples of Bishnupur during our visit there in December,2007, certain panels with depictions of animals ( real and imaginary) and ...
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69SHANTINIKETAN_A VISIT TO THE LAND OF ARTS
One day after my elder son S reached home ( we stay in Calcutta) during his vacation, his friend came to our place with his fiancée.( Let us call them Q and M).to meet S from Hyderabad. M is a Graduate in...
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